A day before the majority of students were set to return, Ohio Christian University held a commissioning ceremony for students serving in leadership roles this semester. The event was meant to build unity among student leaders and prepare them to face challenges as a team.
Director of Student Engagement Eric Fehr said, “It’s really important that our student leaders think of themselves as on a larger team with larger over-arching goals than just being an RA or on the Student Involvement Council [SIC] team. It is our hope that as various student leaders face challenges and difficulties this year, they will be more willing to reach out to others.”
Dr. Jon Kulaga addressed the group of over 30 students from SIC, Residence Life, and Spiritual Formation on the importance of seeking refuge in Christ. He referenced Psalm 11 to remind them that they first need to be secure in order to be effective leaders and serve those who are hurting.
“The definition of an insecure person is someone who has their security in anything that can be taken away from you,” Kulaga said. “If your identity is in anything other than the Lord, you’re an insecure person.”
He further assured the students the Lord is on His throne and times of hardship do not mean God has abandoned them. In fact, God often test those in leadership to develop them for his future plans.
Kulaga ended his address with this final encouragement to the young leaders: “Ultimately, if God is in control, that means you’re not. We have a God and you’re not Him. So, relax and take refuge in Him.”
Articles of Interest
Engaging the Culture: The End Result
Published: September 12, 2019
We turn our attention to the end result of a Christian liberal arts
education—the graduate.
What distinguishes a Christian education from a secular one? What
distinguishes the Christian graduate from the graduate with no spiritual
moorings or direction? Should we expect more from the graduate of a
Christian university than just “learning to think in Christian
categories?” Is there more to learning than thinking; more to thinking than
studying?
As Christians, we are commanded to love God with all our heart, mind, soul,
and strength (Duet. 6:4-6; Matthew 22:36-40). This full-orbed
We turn our attention to the end result of a Christian liberal arts
education—the graduate.
What distinguishes a Christian education from a secular one? What
distinguishes the Christian graduate from the graduate with no spiritual
moorings or direction? Should we expect more from the graduate of a
Christian university than just “learning to think in Christian
categories?” Is there more to
We turn our attention to the end result of a Christian liberal arts
education—the graduate.
What distinguishes a Christian education from a secular one? What
distinguishes the Christian graduate
Gerald Murphy Encourages Revival
Published: October 16, 2019
Gerald Murphy (’13) had one goal in mind for the campus of Ohio Christian
University as he spoke during Fall 2019 Revival Week, and that was to have an
encounter with Christ.
Murphy, a graduate of Ohio Christian, encouraged students to let go of their
former selves and take on their new identity as sons and daughters of God. In
order to take on this new identity, Murphy said that one must first stop
self-identifying as a sinner saved by grace. “If you continue to call
yourself a sinner,” he said, “you’re going to keep acting like one.”
Next, one must stop relying on their own actions
Gerald Murphy (’13) had one goal in mind for the campus of Ohio Christian
University as he spoke during Fall 2019 Revival Week, and that was to have an
encounter with Christ.
Murphy, a graduate of Ohio Christian, encouraged students to let go of their
former selves and take on their new identity as sons and daughters of God. In
order to take on this new identity, Murphy said that one must
Gerald Murphy (’13) had one goal in mind for the campus of Ohio Christian
University as he spoke during Fall 2019 Revival Week, and that was to have an
encounter with Christ.
Murphy, a graduate of
Mount of Praise Recognizes OCU
Published: June 24, 2019
The Churches of Christ and Christian Union (CCCU) set aside a special night
on June 22 to recognize the ministry of Ohio Christian University. The night
was part of CCCU’s 102nd annual camp meeting, Mount of Praise.
OCU’s history is closely tied to CCCU, as it was born out of a Mount of
Praise camp meeting over 70 years ago. For many years after the college met
on the camp ground as the Mount of Praise Bible College, which was later
changed to Circleville Bible College. As time passed and the college grew, it
changed its name once more to Ohio Christian University in 2007.
Dr. Jon
The Churches of Christ and Christian Union (CCCU) set aside a special night
on June 22 to recognize the ministry of Ohio Christian University. The night
was part of CCCU’s 102nd annual camp meeting, Mount of Praise.
OCU’s history is closely tied to CCCU, as it was born out of a Mount of
Praise camp meeting over 70 years ago. For many years after the college met
on the camp ground as the
The Churches of Christ and Christian Union (CCCU) set aside a special night
on June 22 to recognize the ministry of Ohio Christian University. The night
was part of CCCU’s 102nd annual camp meeting
Archived Articles of Interest
President Kulaga Addresses HR Hosted Staff Breakfast
Published: March 7, 2018
Ohio Christian University's Office of Human Resources recently hosted its
quarterly breakfast with President Jon S. Kulaga addressing the group.
At each of these events, the Office of Human Resources randomly draws
employee names from each department on campus to partake in this gathering
with the intention that staff will learn more about their colleagues and the
jobs they perform on campus.
OCU staff attending this breakfast included Elaina Wonsick, Beth Ash, Janice
Coy, Beth Wright, Antonia Miller, Seth Brisker, Joshua Egenreider, Carlie
Riffle,Tricia Lucas, Allison Browning,
Ohio Christian University's Office of Human Resources recently hosted its
quarterly breakfast with President Jon S. Kulaga addressing the group.
At each of these events, the Office of Human Resources randomly draws
employee names from each department on campus to partake in this gathering
with the intention that staff will learn more about their colleagues and the
jobs they perform on
Ohio Christian University's Office of Human Resources recently hosted its
quarterly breakfast with President Jon S. Kulaga addressing the group.
At each of these events, the Office of Human
Engaging the Culture: The End Result
Published: March 7, 2018
We turn our attention to the end result of a Christian liberal arts
education—the graduate.
What distinguishes a Christian education from a secular one? What
distinguishes the Christian graduate from the graduate with no spiritual
moorings or direction? Should we expect more from the graduate of a
Christian university than just “learning to think in Christian
categories?” Is there more to learning than thinking; more to thinking than
studying?
As Christians, we are commanded to love God with all our heart, mind, soul,
and strength (Duet. 6:4-6; Matthew 22:36-40). This full-orbed
We turn our attention to the end result of a Christian liberal arts
education—the graduate.
What distinguishes a Christian education from a secular one? What
distinguishes the Christian graduate from the graduate with no spiritual
moorings or direction? Should we expect more from the graduate of a
Christian university than just “learning to think in Christian
categories?” Is there more to
We turn our attention to the end result of a Christian liberal arts
education—the graduate.
What distinguishes a Christian education from a secular one? What
distinguishes the Christian graduate
Family Research Council's Tony Perkins Receives 2018 Faith & Liberty Award
Published: February 21, 2018
The Ohio Christian University’s School of Business and Government’s
Center for Faith and Liberty presented its seventh annual Faith
The Ohio Christian University’s School of Business and Government’s
Center for Faith and Liberty presented its seventh annual Faith
The Ohio Christian University’s School of Business and Government’s
Center for Faith and Liberty presented its seventh annual Faith
The Integration of Faith and Learning
Published: February 19, 2018
Part five of a six-part series by OCU President Jon S. Kulaga
The context for learning, that combines a Christian community of learners and
a balanced approach to truth, both revealed and discovered, allows the
student to enter into a specific discipline of study seeking
the integration of faith and learning. Where in other educational
contexts the two remain fragmented entities, either by having no Biblical
coursework at all, or by the accumulation of Bible credit hours to the
detriment of an academically rigorous major, the Christian university student
learns to unite genuine
Part five of a six-part series by OCU President Jon S. Kulaga
The context for learning, that combines a Christian community of learners and
a balanced approach to truth, both revealed and discovered, allows the
student to enter into a specific discipline of study seeking
the integration of faith and learning. Where in other educational
contexts the two remain fragmented entities, either by
Part five of a six-part series by OCU President Jon S. Kulaga
The context for learning, that combines a Christian community of learners and
a balanced approach to truth, both revealed and
Truth United with Reality
Published: February 7, 2018
Consider how belonging to a community that believes in objective revealed
truth is meaningless if it remains disconnected from the student’s personal
experience. What is needed is a concept of truth that is simultaneously
objective in its authority (origin), but experiential (personal) in its
reality.
In 18th Century England there was no lack of instruction and writing on the
objective truth and reality of God and Scripture. The Bible was available
in the common language, as were the teachings of Augustine, Aquinas, Luther,
and Arminius. The problem was that the Church of England
Consider how belonging to a community that believes in objective revealed
truth is meaningless if it remains disconnected from the student’s personal
experience. What is needed is a concept of truth that is simultaneously
objective in its authority (origin), but experiential (personal) in its
reality.
In 18th Century England there was no lack of instruction and writing on the
objective
Consider how belonging to a community that believes in objective revealed
truth is meaningless if it remains disconnected from the student’s personal
experience. What is needed is a concept of
